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Admiral Monty Khanna

Assistant Military Advisor

National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS), New Delhi

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    India's Arctic Outlook for a Decade Ahead
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Brief Bio
Rear Admiral Monty Khanna, AVSM, NM (Retd) is appointed at the NSCS in New Delhi as the Assistant Military Adviser and has been officiating as the Military Adviser since Sep 2022. His afloat commands include Indian Naval Submarine Sindhuvijay and the Frigates Krishna and Gomati. In addition to tenures as Naval Assistant to the VCNS and Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command, he was also the Naval Attaché at the Embassy of India, Washington D.C. He was awarded the Nao Sena Medal in 2000 and the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal in Jan 2017. He has published over 20 articles in professional journals that include ORF issue briefs, maritime affairs, and the United States Naval Institute proceedings. He also regularly delivers lectures on a wide variety of subjects that include Leadership, Naval and Military Strategy, Geo-Politics of the Indo-Pacific, Developments within the PLA Navy, Ship Building and Restructuring our Armed Forces.